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Music Magazine - Genres and Audiences
By Ben Harris
-Music-
This is my Research into looking at the different genres of magazines and their typical audience. I
have been looking into all of the codes and conventions of a rock magazine because that will be the one I am producing. Therefore I will note
down the colour scheme and research their target audience so that it will help me when I
come to design my own.
-R&B-
Many R&B Magazines vary with their colour pallets, It will either range from being really dark or go to bright, it is as if there is no set graphics for it. They will mainly use a large
main image which will cover the whole front page. Therefore I believe that the main audience for an R&B
magazine are based around mostly teenagers judging from the language used and the fact that they have included the most latest R&B singers on the front, simply because this is
what the younger generation listens to.
-POP-
Pop magazines tend to have very bright and colourful graphics which happen to attract their readers. But me
personally I don not like these bright colours. Pop magazines are usually pink and purples which is aimed
towards attracting teenage girls. The main image is usually a recent pop singer who the majority of teenage girls listen
to.
-Classical-
Classical magazines are pretty straightforward, the front covers are not normally cramped and using the language
for example. We immediately start to understand that they are for the older generations. The graphics are very subtle as there are mainly blacks, reds and whites. They are not
really loud colours like POP or R&B. Usually Classical magazines have the main image underneath masthead,
but this does vary.
-Rock-
Rock magazines are dark and gloomy as it compliments the music style, being Rock/Heavy Metal. For rock, I believe
that they have the widest range of audiences compared to other genres as Rock is not only favourite by teenagers, it covers a vast majority of the public. Most rock magazines
seems to have a really busy front cover using mainly images, cover-lines and large titles.